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Out of curiosity, to what degree do most of you guys try to remove the soot on the bottom of the pans at the end of the season? Do you just use the brush on them? ...or do you attempt to scrape off...

We ended the year with 28.5 gallons from 160 taps. We had a dickins of a time getting any sap to run. Loved the new evaporator...perhaps next year we will get enough sap to put it to work. Learned a...

I have a 2x6 Dominion & Grimm in a 10 x 12 foot sugarhouse. Its no problem at all when I'm by myself or if its just me and my wife. Add a couple guests and a few dogs ... and folks have to be aware...

Thanks Pete...we just have a little thing going here. But we have fun.

The vertical tube is an ultraviolet light sanitizer I got off ebay that can work well up to 10 gpm. I'm using 10 and 20 micron filters in the Culligan filter and I did have a problem moving sap at...

Daren...I am using a Dominion & Grimm 2x6 this year that I bought new from D&G in Fairfax. It is set up just the way it came from the factory...no preheater or blower. I am consistently getting 30 to...

If you are drawing off at temperatures like 221 or 222...don't forget to allow the syrup in the hydrometer cup time to cool down some before you take your reading. I know on my hydrometer the red...

It's going to get cold again...maybe more snow...at least I hope we get sap...we have had hardly any so far this year
-Steve

Yes...we got a lot of snow here in Vermont during Feb. and Mar. In fact, ...in just two storms, we got 37 inches on Valentines Day and 24 more on St. Patricks Day. Not looking forward to any more...

archangle...here is a post from a thread on this same topic last year...complete with a URL for the purchase of the fan...



-Steve

....often, it is with a heart that is heavy...that we find the true meaning of what we do...indeed, what we are...

Sorry for your loss.
-Steve

Gary... I am interested to know more about your RO unit. You appear to be feeding it with just 35 taps....is it an especially small RO designed for this kind of set up, or are you purposely...

...But mice love both.
-Steve

....and a good one.
-Steve

I tested some thawed sap ice with my refractometer and got 1.5%. There was only about 1/2 cup of unfrozen sap (concentrate) in the bucket. That tested to be 7.5%. Most of my normal (unfrozen and/or...

I'm in total agreement....we havent been able to collect enough sap to sweeten the pans yet. Its March 17 and it looks like there wont be any run for us until at least the 22nd. To be honest, we...

Also ....some folks attribute a "better" maple flavor to syrup made over a wood fire. Of course, a lot of others feel that is bunk.

That seems odd though....I don't see how a wrapped stack is much different from a stainless steel double walled insulated stove pipe...it only lacks the second layer of stainless.
-Steve

What is wrong with wrapping the stack....I can't find 802's comments on problems associated with doing that...
-Steve

Yeah .... The fancy Durabond glue didn't work either... Could be I didn't mix it well enough...but I'll probably take Fred's path too.
-Steve

Hi Daren...That evaporator was an 18"x60" L.S. Bilodeau from Quebec. Here is his website... http://www.lsbilodeau.com/anglais/evaporateur%20economique.htm

We liked it very much, but we knew we...

Hi Gabe...
Yes, we are really close to being fully ready, in spite of all this snow. It will be exciting to see it in action, though it looks like that may be more then a week away. How is your...

I was up to your sugar house during last year's Open House....You weren't boiling at the time...but you did look like you were having fun......
Steve

.....Last fall I had three lengths of 10" stainless stack standing on end on the concrete floor of the sugarhouse. I got a mouse or two in those things every other day for about 10 days...think I got...

Jason....I ordered up some of that Durabond 7032. It was about 35 bucks for what amounts to about a pint of putty.
Tomorrow I will be gluing stainless steel bolts...by their heads...to the doors. I...